Dear Councilors, As noted in my reply to Juan Manuel yesterday, you will find the Call for Volunteers for IGO Work Track included below. In coordination with your respective SG/C leaders, we would greatly appreciate if you could help spread the word through each of your groups, to help identify qualified members to put forth. Best, Steve From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 8:10 AM To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: [council] FW: [ICANN Community Leaders] 29 October 2020 FYI: From: SO-AC-SG-CLeaders <so-ac-sg-cleaders-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of ICANN Community Leadership Digest <david.olive@icann.org> Reply-To: "policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 10:03 AM To: "so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" <so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org> Subject: [ICANN Community Leaders] 29 October 2020 Thursday, 29 October 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing · NEW: Call for Expressions of Interest: Chair of the Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track · NEW: Call for Volunteers: Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track · NEW: ICANN and PTI Publish Audited Financial Statements for FY20 · REMINDER: Future of ICANN Meetings Survey · REMINDER: Information Transparency Initiative Update: New Content Available on Preview for Your Feedback · REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen Selection Committee and Mentor Positions through 15 November Public Comment · Proposed Amendment 1 to the .JOBS Registry Agreement · Recommendations for Early Warning for Root Zone Scaling · DRAFT PTI and IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budgets · Preliminary Issue Report on a Policy Development Process to Review the Transfer Policy · IANA Naming Function Review (IFR) Initial Report · NEW: Recommendations for ICANN’s Root Name Service Strategy and Implementation Information Sharing NEW: Call for Expressions of Interest: Chair of the Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support The GNSO is seeking expressions of interest to chair the Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track, a subteam within an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP) that will review all trademark-related rights protection mechanisms at the second level of the domain name system. The deadline to submit Expressions of Interest is 30 November 2020, 23:59 UTC. [r20.rs6.net]Learn more about the work track and how to apply. [r20.rs6.net] NEW: Call for Volunteers: Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support The GNSO Council is requesting that interested Supporting Organizations (SOs), Advisory Committees (ACs), and GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies consider appointing members to the Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track, a group to be formed within an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP) reviewing all rights protection mechanisms in all gTLDs at the second level of the domain name system. The composition of the IGO Work Track is as follows: · The Registries Stakeholder Group: up to 2 Members; · The Registrars Stakeholder Group: up to 2 Members; · The Commercial Stakeholder Group: up to 3 Members · The Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group: up to 3 Members. · Each AC, other SOs and IGOs: · Up to 2 Members per group. Please confirm your group's appointed Members and Alternates at the latest by 7 December 2020 by notifying the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs@icann.org. Learn more about the work track and how to apply. [r20.rs6.net] NEW: ICANN and PTI Publish Audited Financial Statements for FY20 ICANN recently announced [r20.rs6.net] publication of its audited, consolidated financial statements and Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) published its audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2020. In addition, the ICANN Board has also published the FY20 Annual Report [r20.rs6.net], which contains the FY20 Report on Board Expenses. REMINDER: Future of ICANN Meetings Survey From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support On Monday, 12 October, ICANN org announced the Future of ICANN Meetings Survey to all Community Chairs. Each SO and AC was sent a unique survey URL to circulate among their respective community members. As a reminder, the survey will close on Thursday, 5 November. Please contact your community chair or policy-staff@icann.org for further information. REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen Selection Committee and Mentor Positions EXTENDED From: Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to the President and Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement The ICANN org NextGen Program announced [r20.rs6.net] that it is seeking nominations for mentors and for the NextGen selection committee. Communities may choose to appoint program alumni and are encouraged to appoint active community members who have an interest in mentoring students. There are three slots available for mentors, and five slots for selection committee members. Each SO/AC is asked to nominate candidates for both positions. Individual self-nominations will not be considered. Interested community groups should select their respective NextGen@ICANN volunteers by Sunday, 15 November 2020 and notify Deborah Escalera at nextgen@icann.org. Learn more about the guidelines and expectations for Mentors [r20.rs6.net] and for the Selection Committee [r20.rs6.net]. REMINDER: Information Transparency Initiative Update: New Content Available for Your Feedback From: Sally Newell Cohen, ICANN Senior Vice President, Global Communications As ICANN org President and CEO Göran Marby announced in his May 2020 blog [r20.rs6.net], the Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) team is releasing new content to https://preview.icann.org [r20.rs6.net], and content on https://icann.org [r20.rs6.net] has been improved with ITI’s enhanced search features. New and improved content includes: · Correspondence - New findability improvements include keyword(s) search allowing you to narrow your search within Correspondence files, an advanced year selector, a helpful sub-navigation menu, and an improved table layout to enhance accessibility and readability. · Board Meeting Materials - We’ve made upgrades to this content type since the May 2020 release. The keyword(s) search has been implemented and improved, and most Board Meeting files and pages from 1998-2019 are now available via filtered or keyword search. · Acronyms and Terms - Enhancements to the existing release include alignment with ITI’s new user experience, additional terms added in all six U.N. languages, and a new sub-navigation menu. We Need Your Feedback To support our current release, we invite the community to join us for two upcoming webinars. The team will demonstrate the enhancements to Correspondence, Board Materials, and Acronyms and Terms, and answer any questions. ITI Webinar 1 Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 15:00 UTC Register [r20.rs6.net] ITI Webinar 2 Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 22:00 UTC Register [r20.rs6.net] Learn more. [r20.rs6.net] Public Comment Proposed Amendment 1 to the .JOBS Registry Agreement [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Monday, 16 November 2020 Recommendations for Early Warning for Root Zone Scaling [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Monday, 23 November 2020 DRAFT PTI and IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budgets [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Monday, 30 November 2020 Preliminary Issue Report on a Policy Development Process to Review the Transfer Policy [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Monday, 30 November 2020 IANA Naming Function Review (IFR) Initial Report [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Wednesday, 2 December 2020 NEW: Recommendations for ICANN’s Root Name Service Strategy and Implementation [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Tuesday, 08 December 2020 Volume 2, Issue 82 | Archive [r20.rs6.net] | Next Issue: Monday, 2 November 2020